Package index • Refinitiv

Connection & Authentication

Zero-config connection management, terminal auto-detection for LSEG Workspace and Refinitiv Eikon, and credential storage.

rd_connection(): Get or create the default Refinitiv connection
RDConnect() RDPConnect(): Connect to LSEG / Refinitiv Data via JSON
EikonConnect(): Connect to LSEG Workspace via JSON
RefinitivJsonConnect(): Create a JSON connection object for the LSEG Workspace proxy
rd_handshake(): Get Bearer Key from Terminal
refinitiv_vault(): Inspect the credential vault safely
print(<RefinitivConnection>): Print a RefinitivConnection object
names(<RefinitivConnection>): List methods on a RefinitivConnection object

Retrieve current snapshots, fundamental history, and historical pricing time series with corporate action adjustments.

rd_GetData(): Retrieve Snapshot Data from LSEG Workspace / Eikon via the JSON API
rd_GetHistory(): The get_history function allows you to retrieve pricing history, as well as Fundamental and Reference data history through a single function call.
rd_GetHistoricalPricing(): GetHistoricalPricing
TR_Field(): Helper function to build the Eikonformulas parameter for the EikonGetData function.

Retrieve Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) scores and measures, I/B/E/S consensus estimates, and institutional/insider ownership data.

Multi-tiered symbol conversion (RIC, ISIN, CUSIP, SEDOL, bare tickers, delisted instruments) and discovery search across LSEG views.

rd_ConvertSymbol(): Robust Symbol Conversion for Refinitiv Data
RDPsearch(): RDP search function is a wrapper for the pyton rdp.search function
RDPget_search_metadata(): Get search metadata from RDP
RDPShowAvailableSearchViews(): Show Available Search Views for searchView parameter in RDPget_search_metadata
EikonRepairMic(): Repair Market Identifier Codes (MIC) utilizing RDN Exchange Identifiers

Search news headlines, retrieve full news stories, and browse top news packages.

rd_get_news_headlines(): Retrieve News Headlines from a Refinitiv RDP (JSON) Connection
rd_get_news_story(): Retrieve Full News Story from a Refinitiv RDP (JSON) Connection
rd_get_top_news(): Retrieve Top News Packages from a Refinitiv RDP (JSON) Connection, Then Fetch Stories

WebSocket-based live market data streaming with event callbacks, history buffering, and interactive visualization.

Create, search, update, and delete custom formula and basket instruments.

rd_ManageCustomInstruments(): CREATE, GET, UPDATE or DELETE a custom instrument
rd_SearchCustomInstruments(): Show all available custom instruments that have been created
CorrectCustomInstrument(): Function to check if custom symbol is in format "S)INSTRUMENTSYMBOL.UUID"
CustomInstrumentBasketBuilder(): Build a basket element for a custom instrument
CustomInstrumentHolidayBuilder(): Build a holiday object for a custom instrument
CustomInstrumentUDCBuilder(): Build a user defined continuation object for a custom instrument

Inspect and manage the opt-in session-scoped request cache.

Connect to LSEG/Refinitiv DataStream via DatastreamDSWS2R.

Backward-compatible Eikon UDF functions and result wrappers.

EikonGetData(): Function to obtain data from Eikon via the JSON API
EikonGetTimeseries(): Function to obtain timeseries from Eikon via the JSON API
EikonGetSymbology(): Returns a list of instrument names converted into another instrument code. For example: convert SEDOL instrument names to RIC names
EikonGetNewsHeadlines(): Returns a list of news headlines
EikonGetNewsStory(): Return a single news story corresponding to the identifier provided in story_id
print(<EikonResult>): Print an EikonResult
as.data.table.EikonResult(): Convert EikonResult to data.table
as.data.frame(<EikonResult>): Convert EikonResult to data.frame

Reference lookup tables included with the package.

NagerHolidayData: Public Holidays between the years 1990 and 2030
OperatingMicLookup: Operating Mic lookup from Reuters Exchange Code
SearchViewsLookup: Lookup code for SearchViews to alternate between RD and JSON format SearchViews

Functions removed in v0.2.0 following removal of the Python/reticulate bridge.